The quiescent X, the replicative Y and the Autosomes

From the analysis of the mutation spectrum in the 2,504 sequenced human genomes from the 1000 genomes project (phase 3), we show that sexual chromosomes (X and Y) exhibit a different proportion of indel mutations than autosomes (A), ranking them X>A>Y. We further show that X chromosomes exhibi...

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Main Authors: Achaz, Guillaume, Gangloff, Serge, Arcangioli, Benoit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peer Community In 2022-03-01
Series:Peer Community Journal
Online Access:https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.99/